A Chronicle of the Plague
| A Chronicle of the Plague | ||||
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| Studio album by Dark Ages | ||||
| Released | October 10, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | July and September 2006 | |||
| Genre | Dark ambient | |||
| Label | Supernal Music | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Encyclopaedia Metallum | 80/100[1] |
A Chronicle of the Plague is the second studio album by dark ambient band Dark Ages, recorded in July and September 2006.[2] Its lyrical themes are that of the Black Plague.
Supernal Music website describes the album as "more melodic than [Twilight of Europe], and inspired on the horrors of the Middle Ages. Between the fall of the Western Roman empire in A.D. 476 and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Europe was ravaged by plagues and superstition. Greek was largely forgotten, and with it much of the learned texts of antiquity. 'A Chronicle of the Plague' is a musical tale of the terror of 1349, which depopulated entire villages and decimated Europe's human population..."[3]
There was a limited edition vinyl with different cover artwork that was released in 2007 by Northern Heritage.
Track listing
- "Ships Full of Blackened Corpses" – 6:31
- "Rats" – 3:34
- "Blessed Be the Waters of the Avignon River" – 3:25
- "The Doors with Scarlet Crosses" – 2:59
- "Black Death" – 6:54
- "Dead Desolate Villages" – 4:03
- "Dreams in Yellow" – 4:29
References
- ↑ Nature (November 12, 2006). "Dark Ages - A Chronicle of the Plague - Reviews". The Metal Archives. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Dark Ages - A Chronicle of the Plague". The Metal Archives. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ ""Dark Ages - A Chronicle of the Plague"". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-04.. Supernal Music. Retrieved July 22, 2013.